An absolutely wonderful movie, I guess, considering the number of times I have viewed it.:)

Is a 1993 Vietnamese-language film produced in France by Lazennec
Production, directed by Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung, and
starring Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, and Thi Loc Truong.

The
film won the Caméra d'Or prize at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, a César
Award for Best Debut at the French annual film award ceremony, and was
nominated for the 1993 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The
Scent of Green Papaya is Tran Anh Hung's first feature film and stars
his wife, Tran Nu Yên-Khê. The film is also the director's first
collaboration with Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thât Tiêt who would
subsequently write the music for two more films: Cyclo and Vertical Ray
of the Sun.
Although set in Vietnam, the film was shot entirely on a soundstage in Boulogne, France.

Hey Brock...
My son Christian wore his History of Defiance shirt to high school (he is a senior) the other day and "only got called a racist" seven times, a record by his count. His English teacher asked why he wore a , I believe she said "symbol of hate" to school, to which he replied it's history, not hate, or something along those lines. Long story short, she told him if he wrote an essay about it he could get extra credit. I told him he should e-mail you for a few pointers, but apparently he chose not to. If you would like to contact him about this still unfolding "lesson" he is at........... . He does follow your blog and I know he was looking on it for material for his essay.

Monday, July 13th, in the year of our Lord 2009, is the188th birthday
of American legend and Southern Hero – Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.

President Obama continued a century-old tradition, on Memorial Day,
by honoring American Servicemen and women buried at Arlington National
Cemetery and sending a wreathe to the Confederate and Black Union
soldiers section.

Some criticized Obama for remembering the Confederate soldiers buried
at section 16 but, like his predecessors, the president did the
historically-correct and Patriotic thing in remembering All American
Veterans.

The attempt to place the white population under the domination of persons of color in the South has impaired, if not destroyed, the kindly relations that had previously existed between them: and mutual distrust has engendered a feeling of animosity which leading in some instances to collision and bloodshed, has prevented that co-operation between the two races so essential to the success of industrial enterprise in the Southern States.

The fruits of their labors should be enjoyed by our citizens rather than used to build up and sustain moneyed monopolies in our own and other lands.

The idea that such a debt is to become permanent should be at all times discarded as involving taxation too heavy to be borne, and payment once in every sixteen years, at the present rate of interest, of an amount equal to the original sum.

We now pride ourselves upon having given freedom to 4,000,000 of the colored race; it will then be our shame that 40,000,000 of people, by their own toleration of usurpation and profligacy, have suffered themselves to become enslaved, and merely exchanged slave owners for new taskmasters in the shape of bondholders and taxgatherers.

Gov. Nathan Deal signed a revised executive order
Tuesday that calls for an investigation of DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff
Mann, who was arrested for allegedly exposing himself in a park and running from police.

Deal’s new order addresses concerns raised by Mann’s attorney, who said
last week the alleged city ordinance violations by Mann don’t amount to
criminal charges. Deal had cited criminal charges as the justification
for appointing an investigative committee.

The updated executive order broadens the
investigative committee’s scope to include other purposes allowed by
state law. Besides criminal charges, the committee will also look
into alleged misconduct in office or alleged incapacity to perform the
functions of office.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the
Confederate States of America (CSA) from April 1861 to April 1865.
Pictured above is the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the
city’s famous Monument Avenue.

The grand cobblestone street is also adorned with statues of generals
J.E.B. Stuart and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Confederate president
Jefferson Davis. But Richmond isn’t a blip in antebellum history or a
relic of “Lost Cause” mythology; hers is a rich, complex, and
illustrious history from the earliest days. One we should know and
study. Not shun or shame.

Under the guidance of Captain Christopher Newport, New World
colonialists traveled to Richmond from Jamestown, living and settling
among the Powhatan in the 1600s. It was the home of Pocahontas and one
of America’s earliest successful white-European communities.

It was in Richmond’s St. John’s Church that Patrick Henry gave his “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech.

It's been almost one year since Democratic National Committee staffer
Seth Rich was mysteriously shot dead, and new details are reigniting
conspiracy theories surrounding his murder.

A private investigator hired by Rich's family has revealed to FOX 5 there is some certainty he had been communicating with WikiLeaks.
Fox News adds federal officials told them Rich leaked thousands of
internal emails to the site, which are now in the possession of the FBI.

Investigator
Rod Wheeler says sources within the D.C. police department told him
they'd been ordered to stand down on the investigation into Rich's
death, which he calls unusual for a murder.

We are The Hall Sisters! And yes...we are actually sisters. :) We love
singing and performing music together! There’s Jessica
(piano/mandolin/guitar), Natalie (violin), Lydia (viola), and Valerie
(cello). We've grown up in a small town in North Carolina and began
performing together in 2009.

In 2012, we moved to Nashville, TN to train
intensively for two years then moved back to our home in NC in 2014
where we have continued to perform. We have been privileged to have been
able to perform on iconic stages such as the Grand Ole Opry and
Carnegie Hall!

Because I am a “lifer” in the military,
I’ve seen the impact of a president more than many of you can imagine. I
enlisted with LBJ and saw just what a Democrat clusterflock was all
about. I went to Vietnam and saw how we were constantly and incessantly
bombarded with micromanagement from Washington that got thousands of
military people killed. I sometimes wonder if I’ll get to heaven, but if
I go to hell, I’m sure I’ll still be a few hundred floors above that
bastard Robert McNamara , LBJ, John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and yes, even the
“hero” John McCain.

After Johnson “abdicated” rather than
having his ass waxed, I lived through Nixon who was hawkish but allowed
the generals (and there WERE a few real generals back then versus now)
run the show.

Remembrance

Winners: Navy Cross Nguyen Van Kiet & MOH Thomas R. Norris This week’s Medal of Honor hero is one of a handful of Navy SEALs awarded the MOH in the Vietnam War. Norris snuck behind enemy lines with a South Vietnamese Navy petty officer rescued two downed pilots in 1972–when most of our resources had been pulled from the country. Interesting to note that later year, Norris was himself rescued by another SEAL Michael E. Thornton.More @ Medal of Honor Roll Call

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.